Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times

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Author: George Crile

ISBN-10: 0802143415

ISBN-13: 9780802143419

Category: Spies - Biography

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The untold story of a whiskey-swilling, skirt-chasing, scandal-prone congressman from Texas, and how he conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the biggest and most successful covert operation in U.S. history Christian Science Monitor - Gerard DeGroot A cross between Tom Clancy and Carl Hiassen, with the distinguishing feature that it's all apparently true. . . . Throw in a middle-aged Texan belly dancer, an assortment of Congressional looinies, a few beauty queens, some ruthless Afghan rebels, and a murderous Pakistani dictator who only wants to be understood.

Introduction: A Strange Award at Langley Chapter 1: A Hot Tub in Las Vegas Chapter 2: Defender of Trinity Chapter 3: A Rogue Elephant in the Agency Woods Chapter 4: A Texas Bombshell Chapter 5: The Secret Life of Charlie Wilson Chapter 6: The Curse of Aliquippa Chapter 7: How the Israelis Broke the Congressman's Heart and He Fell for the Muj Chapter 8: The Station Chief Chapter 9: Cocaine Charlie Chapter 10: The Congressman Takes His Belly Dancer to the Jihad Chapter 11: The Rebirth of Gust Avrakotos Chapter 12: The United States v. Charles Wilson Chapter 13 : The Seduction of Doc Long Chapter 14: Gust's Secret Chapter 15: The Opening Salvo Chapter 16: Howard of Afghanistan Chapter 17: Cogan's Last Stand